Children and Young Persons Act 2008

The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c 23) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Children and Young Persons Act 2008^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision about the delivery of local authority social work services for children and young persons; to amend Parts 2 and 3 of the Children Act 1989; to make further provision about the functions of local authorities and others in relation to children and young persons; to make provision about the enforcement of care standards in relation to certain establishments or agencies connected with children; to make provision about the independent review of determinations relating to adoption; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2008 c 23
Introduced by	Lord Adonis, Ed Balls[2]
Territorial extent	England and Wales, except paragraph 9 of Schedule 1, which also extends to Scotland.[3]
Dates
Royal assent	13 November 2008
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

Section 44 - Commencement

Orders made under this section

• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/268 (C.11))
• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No.2) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3354 (C.154))
• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No.3, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2981 (C.131))
• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/323 (C.15))
• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No.2) (England) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2273 (C.99))
• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No.3) (England) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2714 (C.126))
• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/728 (W.64))
• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1921 (W.175) (C.91))
• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No.3) (Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/749 (W.77) (C.51))
• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 4) (Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1329 (W.112) (C.81))
• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 5) (Wales) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/824 (W.123) (C.32))
• The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 6) (Wales) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/949 (W.135))